People living with HIV/AIDS are especially vulnerable to contracting cholera in Zimbabwe, which currently is experiencing an outbreak of the waterborne illness, Stanley Takaona, Deputy President of the Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Activist Union, said recently, IRIN/PlusNews reports. HIV-positive people with weakened immune systems have a more difficult time recovering from cholera and are at an increased [...]
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Zimbabwe’s Cholera Outbreak Puts Hiv-positive People At Risk, Health Officials Say
Published at Dezember 13th, 2008Higher Risk Of Certain Cancers Being Recorded In Hiv-positive People
Published at November 20th, 2008Physicians in the U.S. are reporting a higher risk for certain types of cancers — such as liver, head, neck and lung — in people living with HIV/AIDS, raising concerns that a cancer epidemic is imminent in the population, the Baltimore Sun reports. According to the Sun, Meredith Shiels, a doctoral candidate at the Johns [...]
Swaziland Increases Male Circumcision Efforts To Curb Spread Of Hiv
Published at November 4th, 2008Swaziland is leading African countries in promoting male circumcision to curb the spread of HIV with the help of Israeli surgeons, the AP/San Jose Mercury News reports. The country began to promote male circumcision in response to studies showing that the procedure could reduce a man’s risk of contracting HIV by up to 60%, according [...]
Disparities In Colon Cancer Diagnosis: Trained Actors Will Help Determine If Doctors Respond Differently Based On Race And Gender
Published at Oktober 19th, 2008The National Cancer Institute has awarded two grants totaling more than $4.25 million to a Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center researcher for two studies to examine delays and disparities in colon cancer diagnosis. “African Americans get more colon cancer and die from it more often than their white counterparts,” said principal [...]
new York Times Examines California Hiv Testing Bill
Published at Oktober 4th, 2008The New York Times on Thursday examined a California bill (AB 1894) that requires health care plans operating in the state to pay for routine HIV testing. The bill was signed into law on Tuesday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) (Cathcart, New York Times, 10/2). According to the California Office of AIDS, about [...]
irin/plusnews Examines Challenges Of Providing Antiretrovirals In Namibia
Published at September 19th, 2008Although more than half of HIV-positive Namibians thought to be in need of antiretroviral drugs are receiving them, Namibian officials are struggling to monitor patients and ensure they continue to receive the treatments, IRIN/PlusNews reports. Gloria Billy, a UNAIDS program officer, said that the country’s health sector lacks the medical personnel and systems to [...]
washington Post Examines Hiv/aids Outreach Efforts Aimed At African Immigrants
Published at September 3rd, 2008The Washington Post on Tuesday examined HIV/AIDS outreach efforts aimed at African immigrants in the U.S. According to the Post, some health researchers say that the “message” that HIV/AIDS also affects Africans in the U.S. is “growing in importance as they become increasingly concerned that the AIDS epidemic ravaging sub-Saharan Africa is following migrants [...]
washington Post Examines Hiv/aids Outreach Efforts Aimed At African Immigrants
Published at September 3rd, 2008The Washington Post on Tuesday examined HIV/AIDS outreach efforts aimed at African immigrants in the U.S. According to the Post, some health researchers say that the “message” that HIV/AIDS also affects Africans in the U.S. is “growing in importance as they become increasingly concerned that the AIDS epidemic ravaging sub-Saharan Africa is following migrants [...]
New York Health Department To Decide Soon Whether Medicaid Beneficiaries With Hiv/aids Should Be Moved Into Managed Care Plans
Published at August 27th, 2008The New York State Department of Health in the next few weeks is expected to issue a final decision on whether to switch Medicaid beneficiaries with HIV/AIDS from fee-for-service plans to managed care plans, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports (AP/Long Island Newsday, 8/24). Since the late 1990s, the state’s 65,000 people living with HIV/AIDS who [...]
Hiv/aids Groups Express Concern About Potential For New Antiretroviral Advertising To ’scare Off’ Patients
Published at August 26th, 2008The Wall Street Journal on Monday examined a new trend for drugmakers marketing HIV/AIDS treatments to release ads that “tak[e] aim at rival HIV drugs, hinting at side effects and other drawbacks.” Drug companies have “traditionally sold” antiretrovirals “with images of hope and by explaining the benefits of their treatments” and the “tough new tack [...]